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Bishop Montgomery girls soccer needs OT to finally dispatch Mary Star

Bishop Montgomery's Tessa Allen (99) and Mary Star's Alex Figueroa (12) battle for the ball in a Del Rey League girls soccer game Thursday, January 16, 2014, San Pedro, CA. Regulation time resulted in a 1-1 tie, and then Bishop Montgomery scored two goals in overtime.
Photo by Steve McCrank/Daily Breeze

Bishop Montgomery's Tessa Allen (99) tries to make a play in front of the goal as Mary Star's Anna Stefanou (16) defends in a Del Rey League girls soccer game Thursday, January 16, 2014, San Pedro, CA. Regulation time resulted in a 1-1 tie, and then Bishop Montgomery scored two goals in overtime.
Photo by Steve McCrank/Daily Breeze

The Bishop Montgomery girls soccer team waited throughout Thursday’s match for its expected explosion.

It nearly turned into an implosion.

After a nerve-wracking, 80 regulation minutes of missed chances and mounting frustration, seniors Katie Atkinson and Tessa Allen delivered goals in overtime in a 3-1 Del Rey League victory at Mary Star that was much more difficult than Bishop Montgomery had envisioned.

“We came in expecting to win, and when we weren’t we had to pick it up and get some goals,” Allen said. “It was pretty frustrating. We had so many chances, but it felt good when they finally went in.”

Mary Star (4-3-2, 0-1) had put together a valiant effort with an aggressive approach against Bishop Montgomery (10-4-2, 1-1), which is expecting to challenge Bishop Amat for the league title.